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R. E. ULRICH Filed March a, 1926 FIG, 5 Qlnvznfop BOY E ULRICH Patented Nov. 13, 1928. V

UNITED STATES 1,691,743 PATENT oFnc ROY E. ULRICH, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO ULRICH- rmuvrnimo EQUIPMENT COMPANY, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK, -A CORPORATION 'OF NEW YORK.

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Application filedliarch s, 1926. Serial No. 93,020.

This invention relates to an improvement in a filing system, and more particularly to the manner in which the guides which form a part of the system are mounted.

The general idea of a filing system in which letters, cards, and so forth are separated into various groups by means of guides which may or may not be provided with indicating tabs or labels is not new, but it has been found in that where the base of the guides is free to move laterally, certain objectionable conditions arise which would be overcome if the base of the guide is fixed in such a way that the guide can tilt without, however, any

- lateral movement on the part of the base. By

so doing, the lateral distance between the separate guides is fixed, and therefore, when it is desired to have access to any of the pockets formed by the guides the guides beyond the pocket are easily tilted to enlarge it, and will stay in that. tilted position without the necessity of crowding any of the guides or the contents of the file out of their normal places. a ,I

The primary object of thisinvention is to provide a system in which there is no tendency whatsoever for the guides, after being pushed in the position necessary to enlarge the entrance to the pocket, to return and close the pocket. In connection with this guide construction it has also been found advisable to provide a container for the file, the front and rear walls of which are inclined 'outwardly to support the guides, and the coni tents of the file.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the manner of mounting the guide card in the base of the container; and v Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the container with one side removed showing all the elements of the invention in place, certain portions being broken away to disclose other-- wise hidden details.

50, Referring to the drawings, the referencenumeral 10 is employed to designate the container for a filing system, in which container is mounted a filing element designated gen=v erally as 11 and illustrated in Figure 3. This element comprises a plurality of involuntary removal of the filing to the support 13. The bottom edge of each guide, however, is located above the upper face of the support 13, so that each guide is supported solely by the stays 15, and is free to be tilted either forwardly or backwardly as the case may be. The base of each guide 12 is thus fixed in'place upon the support 13, so that the lateral dimension of the base of each of the pockets 16, which are provided between the guides 12, is definitely fixed.

The filing system here illustrated is intended to be used for a grocery store or other small establishment, where only a small number of accounts are kept. Each pocket is adapted to receive thev slips 17 relating to a particular account. When it is desired to examine any account the guides behind that one which forms the front walls of the pocket containing that particular accountare tilted backwardly, thus enlarging the opening into the pocket. In order to permit this, the front and rear walls 18 and. 19 of the container 10 are inclined to receive the guides. The amount of inclination of the walls 18 and 19 determines, of course, the amount of opening of the pockets. The filing element 11 is preferably secured in the container 10 by tacking the support 13 onto the bottom of the container, thus rendering impossible any element from the container.

The embodiment of my invention shown in Figures 4, 5 and 6 differs from that above described in certain respects, particularly in the 10" way in which the guides 20 are mounted in the container 21. The front and rear walls 22, 23 of the container 21 are inclined, as are the walls 18 and 19 of the container 10. The base 24 of the container, however, is provided '105 with a central longitudinally extending slot 25. Laterally spaced along the edges of the slot 25 are notches 26 arranged in pairs in the same verticalplane, the bottoms 27 of each, notch being at the same distance from the top.

At the base of each guide 20 is fixed a tab 28 carrying a cross wire 29 and havin a central opening 30 therein. Each guii 20 is supported in'a pair of notches 26 by means of the wire 29 which rests on'the bottom 27, the width of the tab 28 being slightly less than the width of the slot 25 so that it enters between the walls of the slot without difliculty, and the guide can pivot on the wire 29. V

For the purpose of securing the guides in the container a rod 31 is passed through openings 32 in each wall 22, 23 and through the holes 30 in the tabs 28. The holes 30 and rod 31 are so proportioned that the presence of the rod will not interfere in any way with the pivotal mounting of the guides.

It will ,benoted that in both embodiments the guides which form the filing pockets are fixed at the base a definite distance apart, are free to tilt forwardly or backwardly at the base and are held in the container so that they ther provided with laterally disposed notches cut into the walls of said recess; a tab, the lower part of which rests within the recess in said base, having a wire horizontally secured to the bottom thereof, the exposed ends of said wire resting in diametrically opposed notches in the Walls of said recess, said tab having an openin substantially through the center thereo a guide card secured to said tab and adapted to be limited in its movement to that of said tab; and a rod positioned within said longitudinal recess and adapted to engage said tab and prevent it from being inadvertently removed from said base.

2. In a filing system, a base having a longitudinal recess therein, laterally: disposed I notches out into the walls of said recess; a tab positioned in said -recess,said tabhavingawire horizontally secured to the bottom thereof, the exposed ends of said wire resting in diametrically opposed notches in the walls of said recess, an opening positioned substantially in the center of said tab; a guide card se cured to said tab and adapted to be limited in its movement to that of said tab; and a rod, means engagin said rod with said guide card to prevent said guide from being inadvertently removed from said base.

3. In a filing system, a base tudinal recess therein, laterally disposed notches cutinto said base on the walls'of said recess; a tab positioned in said recess, said tab having a wire horizontall secured to the bottom thereof, the expose ends of said wire resting in diametrically opposed notches 'in' the walls of said recess, said tab having a horizontal opening therethrough, a guide card secured to said tab and a rod, means engaging said rod with said guide card to prevent said guide from being inadvertently removed from said base. 1 I

4. In a filing system, a base having a longitudinal recess therein laterally disposed vertical notches cut into the walls of said recess; a tab positioned in said recess, said tab havinga wire secured to the bottom thereof, theends of said wire resting in-diametrically opposed notches in the walls ofsaid recess, said tabhaving a horizontal opening therethrough, a guide card secured to said tab and means removably securing said guide card and tab in said base.

5. In a filing system, a baselongitudinally having a longirecessed, laterally disposed notches cut into the walls of said recess 3 a tab, means engaging said notches for positioning said tab within said recess; a guide card secured to said'tab and means removably securing said guide .card and tab in said base.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature. I

- ROY E. ULRICH. 

